The company has rebranded itself from Metro Bikes to Bounce. The rebranded venture will offer a dockless scooter sharing service allowing users to pick up the two-wheeler from anywhere, ride to their destination and drop it off at any location, the statement added.

“There is tremendous potential for innovation in the shared mobility segment given the major gap in last-mile connectivity in intra-city travel. We are looking at a market opportunity of $4.5 billion,” Vivekanand Hallekere, co-founder of the venture, stated.

The company hopes to expand its services to all the major cities by 2020. Besides scooters, it also offers bicycles, pedelecs and kick scooters on rent, Hallekere added.

The average cost per kilometre is as low as Rs 6 for a Bounce user. The company has seen over two lakh downloads on its Android and iOS platforms, it said in the statement.

It also offers a monthly subscription-based plan where a user can pick a bike or scooter from a metro station, take it home and drop it back there the next morning, information on the company’s website states.

However, TechCircle noticed that the company’s website still functions with the earlier brand name metrobikes.in.

Besides Bounce, the company also operates WickedRide, which is the premium motorbike rental platform, where users can rent from a fleet which includes brands such as Harley Davidson, Benelli, Royal Enfield, Kawasaki, Triumph, Ducati, KTM and Americana.

Users can rent the bike on an hourly, weekly and monthly basis. The service is available across more than 10 locations including Bengaluru, Mysore, Jaipur, Manipal, Ahmedabad, Gokarna and even New Zealand, according to information available on WickedRide’s website.

Deals in the space

A few ventures in the broader online vehicle rental space have raised funding in recent months.